hello folks,.
let me tell you in advance that this post has no intention of hurting anyone.
the efforts made by those spearheading the efforts to help vicki are truly commendable.
This name would also instantly brand the website as being apostate. I know it's a clever use of words, but it will do nothing to encourage active JWs to look at the site.
Good points that you make, Observador! This campaign for Vicki needs to be organised in a professional way for it to be taken seriously.
hmmm.
well ive been nibbling around the ?exclusive brethren?
cult again and
God is obviously calling you back into his busom. Go now. Go directly to church. Do not pass Go. Do not collect $200.
me-----i live to enjoy my life today.
tomorrow, i could be dead....and you??
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Sheesh Mini, what a no-brainer. You ask such inane questions.........
Just kidding, I still luv ya ;-)
I spent my whole life focused on the future, with neglect to the present. So now I am learning to enjoy today, and not worry so much about what the future holds.
On the other hand, it is unusual to live with more than 10 or 20 years ahead of me. I was so sure that Armageddon would arrive "soon", so that I would never grow old or have kids in this system. Now I have to face the fact that I will be aging and eventually dying in this world. So I have had to learn to live for the future in the long-term sense.
my wife and i were df'd about six months ago as apostates after our combined 88 years in the organization (i love borrowing wt methods of making figures impressive).
if it were not for the wt perhaps i would have gone to college as i had planned instead of to bethel for six years.
perhaps i would have started my business a decade earlier in life rather than spend ten years in the 'fulltime preaching work'.
The void will always be there but it's affect on your life is bound to decrease.YOU have some aces in your hand, SP. Just focus on your hand instead of worrying about other players you might feel are trying to get you to fold.
I can relate to this void, since I have lost both parents.
My mother died when I was 11. There will always be a void in my life because of that.
My father kicked me out his life when I was 18, and I have been shunned by him ever since. It has caused another void in my life. He is now 78, so his time on this earth is limited, so in a short period of time I will become an orphan.
Once inevitable and unchangable voids like this occur, you have two choices: Either "deal with it" by accepting the loss and getting on with life, or focus your energies on dwelling on the past or "what could have been".
I've chosen the former, and I'm much happier for it. Sure, it doesn't take the pain of abandonment away, but it does lessen it, plus you learn to appreciate what you have, rather than what you don't have.
when i picked up the paper the other day, i read the news, and a plethora of material relating to the ontario provincial election.
i quickly skimmed through it, and went to my usual favourite sections.
but when i went to fold the newspaper back up, on the bottom half of the front page, were two photographs of two canadian soldiers.. .
(((((Ray))))) I had noticed you've been a bit quieter than usual, and I was wondering about that. I'm sorry that the cause was such sad news.
Having been killed in action, I'm sure that Robert's wife and family will be looked after during this sad time.
My condolences.
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could anyone please tell me in what year / publication the society decided that it was the faithful and discreet slave.. i am aware that between 1896 and 1927 the fds was considered to be a single individual and not a class of persons so i believe that it must have been sometime after 1927 when they first made the claim.. thanks to anyone who can come up with the information.. link.
bttt
life is good as a witness in good standing still doing what i please!.
my husband and i are in the hispanic side of the watchtower and were having a grand time.
just imagine, caribeans partying a lot!.
It's been my experience that those from Spanish or Mediteranean backgrounds are more liberal than Caucasian JWs.
I'm glad that you've found a group to party with, because the others would be classing you as "unspiritual" or "worldly".
But as Blondie says, the fun will only last as long as no one tells the elders. As soon as someone does, you'll have some explaining to do!!!!
i came across something recently that i'm not supposed to know.
before i go further, i should state that what i'm saying here is purely speculation based on minimal evidence and i'm not saying that the wts is using this "privacy" vehicle to hide some of their considerable millions.
i further cannot give you the name of the source of the person who shared this information with me.
So the guy had a "No BLood" card in his wallet.
OK, the guy is obviously a JW.
I fail to see how the WTS is connected. It's not like it's implausible for JWs to have that kind of money or at least be acting on behalf of a business.
when i was a jw there were a few sisters i knew who had serious weight problems.
i now have a couple of friends who are obese.
i have a weight problem also (about 40 pounds over my best weight).. i was out with my girlfriend today.
30 is still nothing to fuss over.
this is part two following from how did you view jehovah as a jw?
(part one).
how did you view your (earthly) father?.
DantheMan and Refiner - glad I made you guys think. That was the purpose of this thread - to get us beyond the fluffiness and take a look at ourselves for a change. Think about why we did things as a JW and to accept some responsibility for those things, understanding our motives for serving God as a JW.
FlyingHighNow - "flame queen" means someone (female) who gets involved in "flame" threads, or online fights. People who like to live in the past regard me as such, whereas I prefer to move on with the future.
